A little over two weeks ago, West Bromwich Albion appeared destined for the drop.
The Baggies had taken just one point from two 'must-win' games.
The first, a home draw against Charlton, cost Eric Ramsay his job. The second, a limp defeat at Oxford, saw James Morrison publicly call out his new charges for a lack of bravery on the ball.
He was right to do so – Albion had become a dire, frustrating watch.
Ramsay had started to stem the flow of goals against, conceding just three in his final four league games in charge, but Morrison knew the Throstles still had a huge problem at the other end of the field, scoring three in their past eight league outings.
Bill Shankly told us football is a simple game, and Morrison's overarching strategy to make Albion more of a threat was remarkably simple, even if the tactics behind it were more sophisticated.
In essence, it boiled down to this: get players who can score goals in quality goalscoring positions more often.
Morrison put passers at the back in the likes of George Campbell and Krystian Bielik (until the latter was injured against Sheffield United) and added pace to a side desperately crying out for it with Danny Imray at right-back.
He removed a player who seemed undroppable under the past four managers, Alex Mowatt and replaced him with perhaps less technical but certainly more physical and dynamic midfielders in Jayson Molumby and Ousmane Diakite.
And, in a move which has had a huge impact, he put Isaac Price in a role where he could truly influence the game.
After 11 Championship games, Price had scored just shy of half of the Throstles' league goals.
But the Northern Ireland attacker suffered a horrible run with just one goal in 25 league games and, while he was guilty of missing chances in that period, that drought was also due to the quality of those chances (or lack thereof) and an ever-changing role in the side.
Ramsay played the versatile player at right wing-back, right-wing and centrally.
Morrison has asked Price to play an inverted role off the left, a role which has seen him be prolific for his country.
His average xG (expected goals) per game has tripled, and he bagged his first goal in 11 against Hull on Saturday.
During Albion's 3-0 rout of the Tigers at the weekend, they had a whopping 48 touches in the opposition box, which led to 26 shots on goal. Albion have not had more in a league game for over four years.
Unsurprisingly, the forwards are revelling in the increased volume of chances.
Aune Heggebo and Josh Maja scored their first league goals since December and October, respectively, on Saturday, while Daryl Dike's wait for a goal goes on; he did get his first assist of the season against Southampton.
Regardless of the level they are playing at, Albion have, historically, been synonymous with attacking football.
It has taken an Albion legend to remind the club and players of that duty to entertain.
That nod to our illustrious past could prove the key to our future survival.
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